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Genus: Calendulauda (larks - part)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Alaudidae

Sub-Saharan in distribution with six of the eight species occurring in southern Africa.

 

Calendulauda africanoides (Fawn-coloured lark) 

Calendulauda albescens (Karoo lark) 

Calendulauda barlowi (Barlow's lark) 

Calendulauda burra (Red lark) 

Calendulauda erythrochlamys (Dune lark) 

Calendulauda sabota (Sabota lark)